Folding exhibit-box.



No. 684,7. Patented Oct. I5, l9 0l.

L. C; PALMER.

FOLDING EXHIBIT BOX.

(Application filed June 18, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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N0. 684,7". Patented Oct. I5, I90l.

L. C. PALMER.

FOLDING EXl'liBlT BOX.

(Application filed Ju ne 18, 1901.) (No Model.)

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llnrrno STATES LYNDON (l. PALMER, OF BUFFALO, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR BROS,OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,711, dated October15, 1901-.

Serial No. 65,012. (No model) To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYNDON O. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Folding Exhibit-Boxes, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding exhibit-boxes, andpertains to a box in which the goods to be sold are suitably packed orplaced and in which the cover is so attached and constructed that whenthe box is open the cover is held in a vertical position for exhibitingthe goods therein and to display a label or other advertising matterupon the inside of the cover of the box.

Referring now to the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a boxembodying my invention, the same being shown open for exhibit purposes.Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the box partially closed. Fig. 3 isa perspective view showing the box closed. Fig. 4: is a perspective viewof'my improved box, showing the covers hinged to the sides of the bodyportions and the end of the covers hinged or connected.

In my improved box there are two main or body portions in which thegoods are to be placed or packed, and each body portion is provided witha cover, the cover being loosely connected or hinged to the adjacentends of the bodies or main portions of the box and the inner edges ofthe covers hinged. When the box is opened, the body portions extendslightly at an angle, constituting a V-shaped space between them, andthe tops or covers are supported in a vertical position, while a broadbase for supporting the box is also provided.

Bearing this broad construction in mind, the invention in detailconsists of two main or body portions A, in which the goods to beshipped and to be sold are suitably packed. These body portions A areseparate and are indirectly connected at one end through the medium ofthe covers B (in a manner to be presently explained) and are connectedat their opposite ends through the medium of a suitable connection 0.This connection Cis usually made of flexible material, and preferablyconsists of a piece of tape or other fabric, which has its ends a pastedor cemented to the inner sides of the main or body portion A. Each ofthe covers B is hinged. to adjacent ends of the body portions A throughthe medium of a suitable flexible connection D, which is preferablycomposed of fabric for the purpose of strength and durability. The inneredges of these covers 13 and at their outer sides are suitably conneotedby means of a suitable flexible connection E, which preferably consistsof a piece of fabric pasted or cemented to the adjacent on ter sides ofthe covers B, as shown.

In operation when the box is placed upon 6 the counter of a store orupon a table or other object for exhibiting the goods to be soldtherefrom the body portions A assume the position shown in Fig. 1, whichconstitutesa V-shaped space F between the inner sides of the portions A.For the purpose of limiting the distance of separation of the free endsof the portions A the flexible ligament G, before referred to, is usedand the covers B (when the box is in an open position) assume an uprightposition and are so held, and thus exhibiting to the purchaser orobserver a label or other advertising matter which may be placed uponthe inner side of the covers B. When the box is to be shipped or isstored away either empty or packed with the goods, it is folded in theposition shown in Fig. 3, which brings the outer sides of the covers Btogether and one box resting upon the other, constituting in appearancetwo separate boxes, one placed upside down upon the other.

A box of this construction is exceedingly convenient for shipping andstoring when folded and has the advantage of exhibiting an advertisementupon the inner sides of the covers B when opened out upon a suitablesupport for exhibition purposes.

While I have here shown and described and prefer to hinge the covers Bto the ends of the main portions, yet it will be readily understood thatthe covers can be hinged or suitably connected to the sides of the boxesand the boxes placed end to end instead of side to side, and in thisevent the ends of the 169 covers will be hinged together, as illustratedin Fig. 4, and without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A folding box consisting of a plurality of body portions, a separatecover for each portion, the ends of the covers being flexibly connectedto adjacent ends of the body portions, and a flexible connection betweenthe adjacent sides of the covers independent of the body portion,substantially as described. 2. An improved box comprising two mainportions, two separate covers having their ends flexibly connected toadjacent ends of the body portions, the adjacent outer sides of thecovers provided with a flexible connection independent of the bodyportions, and a connection between the ends of the body portionsopposite the covers, substantially as described.

3. An improved box, comprising two body portions, two covers flexiblyconnected with the adjacent ends of the body portionsthrough the mediumof transversely-arranged flexible strips, the adjacent sides of thecovers provided with alongitudinally-arranged flexible connection, and aconnection between the opposite ends of the body portions, substantiallyas described.

4. An improved box comprising two body portions, a cover for eachportion, the said covers being flexibly connected to adjacent portionsof the body portions, and the adjacent portions of the covers providedwith a flexible connection independent of the body portions,substantially as described.

5. An improved box, comprising two main portions, a cover for eachportion, the covers flexibly connected to adjacent parts of the saidbody portions, the adjacent portions of the covers provided with aflexible connection independent of the body portions and the oppositeends of the main portions hav ing a connecting-ligament, substantiallyas described.

6. An improved box comprising separate main portions, a cover for eachmain portion, a hinge connection between the covers and adjacent partsof the main portions, and a hinge connection between adjacent parts ofthe covers independent of the body portions, substantially as described.

7. An improved box comprising two main portions, a cover hinged to eachportion, a hinge connection between the adjacent parts of the coversindependent of the body portions, and a flexible connection connectingthe opposite ends of the main portions, sub- 6o stantially as described.

8. An improved box consistingof two main portions and two covers, themain portions being separate and independent, and hinge connectionsbetween the covers independent of the body portions and between thecovers and the main portions of the box, substantially. as described.

9. An improved box comprising two separate boxes each having a hingedcover, boxes situated side by side and connected through the medium of aconnection between the outer side of adjacent parts of the covers,substantially as described.

10. An improved box comprising two sepa- LYNDON C. PALMER.

\Vitnesses:

II. N. HEINZE, L. C. COONS.

